- Date
- December 31, 1981
- Place
- Big Pt Walter, AK · BIG PT WALTER, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N64396Dehavnd Can DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811231082429A
- Case key
- 123118
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3214 81/12/31 BIG PT WALTER,AK DEHAVND CAN DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2234 TIME - 1230 N64396 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-UNKNOWN OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG PT WALTER,AK KAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 15 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.ACFT SANK,NOT RECOVERED.PLT INDICATED POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATION FROM PROP SPRAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64396
- Reported as
- Dehavnd Can DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.